A method of calculating inbreeding coefficients is described using a recursive algorithm. This has been programmed in ALGOL 68 and in SNOBOL 4. Advantages and disadvantages of this method are discussed, and several examples are given.

Computers↗

PubMed1977

Sex and lateral asymmetry of the finger ridge-count.

In a sample 719 individuals, the bimanual difference in ridge-count (right minus left) differed only slightly between the two sexes, the mean difference being 0-621 (females minus males). This is not statistically significant, but further evidence suggests that this difference may be real.

Dermatoglyphics↗

PubMed1977

Multivariate studies on the genetics of dermal ridges.

In order to investigate the inheritance of the series of ten ridgecounts, factor analysis was used to reduce the dimensionability to two. These two factors are inherited more or less independently and the heritability of the first is 0.97.

Dermatoglyphics↗

PubMed1977

Maternal age, parity, social class and sex ratio.

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Adolescent↗